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i 'ad, will be at our risk Advertisement : kk scrysvoRs, CIVIL EN- : GisEmes. Draughtsmen, Solicitors of Ha Ori EEXLY POLITICAL, AGRIOUL- & FAMILY NEWSPAPER, : 7 IB PUBLISHED AT'PORT PERRY, ONT, 3 Jmvemy THURSDAY MORNING, 5 ' BY BAIRD & PARSONS. 'TERMS. --$1 per annum, if paid in ok no wance; if. not $1.50 will be charged. No » bacription taken for loss than six months; i discontinued until all arrears 'are 1 'RATES OF ADVERTISING. Por each line, first insertion .... Subsequent insertions, per line, 'Cards, under 6 lines, per annum _ p@™ Letters containing money, "dressed to this Office, pre-paid a y, whe regester- its Advert te evolved ments without s| instructions, will be inserted stil forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to for publication, erchants and others who advertise by the year or half-year, These terms will in strictly « e-dto Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Citculars, Busitiess -- Il Cards, &c., of every style and solor, exectited 'promptly and at lower rates than any other establishment in the County. Parties from a distance getting hand Mills, &o. printed can have them done to take home with them. J. BAIRD. yrofessio Cavs, M. D., Physician, Sur- hi all cases be H, PARSONS. ERT H. SANGSTER, J. geon and Accoucheur, Coroner for thé County of Ontario . . PORT PERRY. OmMoee over Nott's Furia Siore, corner of 'Queen and Perry Streebs. OfMice hours from 9 a. 1. to 12 m. asgiat - Resid the dwelling recently occu by Sirs: Goo. Paxton. Coronor for the County of R. WAR! Ontario, Physician, Surgeon and Ac- '©oucheur, Office, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. MOoGILL & RAE, Physclans, Surgeons, DE. So. fice und 'Residences, KIDE sty Oshawa, FRANCIS RAE, MiD. CU. 8, Guy's The Liye R. "NM. MIGILE, ML ATM. F. MOBRIEN, M.D, M. R. _ *ospital, London, England. han Oshawa, re een REWELL, LL: B., County Crown J or Un ario, Bafristor, Attorney, Snlleitor, and Notary Publig. Office lately oc- urtad by 8. H, Coeclirane, Esq., Brock street, Whitby. ENGLISH LL. B., Solicitor in Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawa. )Mée--S8imeoe street, opposite the Post Office SMITH, LL. B., Barrister, At- G YN Solicitor in Chancery, ind Brisolvency, Notary Public, &o. Omde--MeMitlan's Blocks Brock street, 3 Whitby. . W. Maurice Cochrane, THORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Public, &c., &c. Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Money io Loan at 8 per cent, on all Kluds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, : PORT PERRY. for in 'hancery, Conveyancer, Notary &c. Bitte over Brown & Currie's Store Port Perry. BY YVAN L. Chancery, an F. PATERSON, (late of Beaverton.) Barrister and Attorney-at Law, Sore NGS & McGILLIVRAY, Barristers icitors, Notaries Public, &¢, Port Perry. 23 A large amount of money to loan ats | John A. McGillivray. AY, r cent. John Billings. A J. A. MUR ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon " entist. Officoover (Aad ne ; ne in the very hp Tatest did best style and warranted to give satisfaction. Port Perry, March 28, 1877. ww +0. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH inserted on all the latest princi- ples of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- ast, and as as the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted «ithott pain by producing local anmsth- esia. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Wa. Street, Osha : - Hanning & Lally. I Office, Gould's Block, Uxbridge. a. > 0. W. LALLY. Nomt Fo, Lows --0. G. Hanning Agent Fre Loan & Savings Co, b Match 26, 1879. g GRIST, Parex, Sourtaron AND DaaveHTMAX, Ottawa, Canada sartments of the Government ts and the Bogisiration of Tiade: ons, and other Documents neces. eure Patents of Invention, prepared of the medel of the Invention. BATEMAN. | 8 0 02 500) o ade wings, | growed Y, "PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY |, 1879. CEN {WHOLE No. 11 mee : = = > FE ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. ---- SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in FiveDollars and 8pwards received and inter- est allowed thereon. a No notice of withdrawal required. A.A. ALLEN, MANAGER. C. DAWES, LICENSED AUCTIONEER ! FOR THS COUNTY OF ONTARIO, -- AND Township of Mariposa Oharges to suit the Times. : C.DAWES, Port Perry, Feb 12, 1879. WW. M. WILLCOX . : = i +) RTURNING my sincere thanks to my \ nugerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer during the past. eight years, I would now beg to offer my services to all wlio may have Farm Stock, Implements, or otBer property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa or Cartwright. My long aud extensive practic as Auce tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock he may soon lose far more than his fee in any sale, Bill stamps always on hand. Sale Bills arranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may be arranged at the Osserver Office, where a Sale Register will be kept Terms Liberal. W. MW. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. BEB. MAJOR... wishing his services can call at the «Observer Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales. Port Perry, Jan 10, 1879. WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctiomeer, Valuator, &c. (OR the Township of Brock, Ukbridge, and Eldon, way rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in prompt remittances made. eer. WM. HEZZELWOOD, Licensed Auctioneer. HE Undersigned having taken out a T License as Auctioneer is now prepared to attend to all sales entrusted bo him.-- Having had much experience in handling Real Estate, Live Stock such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, &c., also Farming Imple- ments of all kinds, Farm Produce, &c, &c., parties placing their sales in my hands may rely on getting all for the property that is possible to bring. Raglan, Sept 10,1878. INSPEOTOR of WEIGHTS & MEASY _ For the County of Ontario. TOWNSHIP OLERE, 5 ith this Branch, Deposits of | fcENssD "AUCTIONEER. All parties | Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa gé¥ Parties entrusting their Sales to me I ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township 4 North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. 'Residence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctnally attended to. Debts col- g,yixas Company. lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- 'YT. C. FORMAN, - Licenses--Cofiveyancer, INO, & D. J. ADAMS, Money, Land & Insurance . BEOKERS, AVE large sums of money on hand for Investment. Mortgages Purchased. A number of excellent Farms for Sale or t6 Rent. : AGENTS FOR THE ALLAN LINE HOF Steamships. JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan. 23, 1879, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, IONVEYANCER, Cofmimissioner for taking AMdavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &c. MONEY 10 LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Accounts, Notes, &c., Collected and prompt m The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment of interest once a year (not in advance), and he can at any time, just as circumstances permit repay JR or all of the principal, the Company binding thems«lves inthe mort- gage Lo accept such sum, whetber large or small, and apply It as a direct reduction of principal, immediately cancelling the interest on the sum paid. No extra charge is exacted on such repayment. Loans made from 2 to 2) years on farm, or good productive town property. ' In all cases where the title is perfect, the cost will be very slight to the borrower. AsI am acting both as Agent and Valuator for possibly be no several Companies there cal publicity in the transaction. If. the title is perfect the inoney will be Fald here in two weeks after making applica- tion. JAMES LUND, Broker, &c., Parrisl's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. MONEY TO LOAN. The undersigned hasany amount of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can bo repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. Also several Improved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Inve: ts made in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks. - Apply to + JAMES. HOLDEN, Broker, &c. Whitby, April 10, 1873, NOTICE TO-FARMERS & OTHERS ssi MONEY TO LDAN. TE undersigned would say to the owners lag Real Estate, that he has in" his hands a e amount of private linds which he is prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ers--interest at eight per cent. sxXpedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H. CHRISTIAN, Manchester, October 17, 1577. MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years. Agent for Westses CANADA LoAN AND He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds. Intercet Eight per cent, No Commission. : N. Ff. PATERSON. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor CLEMENT DAWES, I 1 AS Money to Loan on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers, Mort. gages bought at lowest rates. Accounts, Notes, &c,, collected on reasonable Com. mission, Apply personally, or by letter to C DAWES, Auctioneer, &c., Port Perry, March 7, 1878. MONEY [Private Funds,] _ [ASSURANGE_COMPANT. INCORPORATED 1851. J BATED - | OAPITAL . . 3 (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) - : HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. cairent rates on and other property, by fire. . ax. ; JNO. & D. J. ADAMS, Port Petry, Jan 22,:1870. Bo ot oa fame Head Office, Whitby, * . pa Insurances 'sffected at the lowest 'Mercliandise, inst oss or damage THE ONTARIO Fhotels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY HE Subscriber having leased the'above AL hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public. THE WALKER HOUSE whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Province and surpaséed by none out of the best cities. Commercial Travelers, the Traveliig Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village and Hie general public will nd in THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of accommodation and moderation in charges. [he Charges are No Higher at the 'Walker House than'at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up throughout in FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supplied with the choice of the market and the utmost atten~ ALL GUESTS. An abundance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers, W. 8. McGAW. Port Perry, April 20, 1876. PoEr PERRY HOUSE, i PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, ~ PROPRIETOR. _ The above House is now most comtort- ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars; also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers,.-- Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. (OMMERCIAL HOTEL, The subscriber having sueceeded Mr, Dewart in the Commercial Hotel, Williams- burg, Cartwright, intehds fitting it up with a view to the comfort and convenience of guests The supplies for the tabic and bar care- fully selected. PETER HOLT. Cartwright, March 4, 1879. vee HOUSE, MANCHESTER. By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent Hotel it will be my endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. {)XT2e10 HOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - =~ PROPRIETOR. The public well caged for, and all Guests will please feel at home. Whitby, Nov. 9th, 18786, UEEN'S HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Oxr. D. CAMPBELL, .. .. . Proprietor This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers R&S First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached. Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 43 A FOL0-aMERIGAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, PROPRIETOR. flaving purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished fn First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to #he comfort b guests. The table and Var well snpplied. W. H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. A BuSTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. B. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. _-- The Only First Class House in Town. ENSON HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindeay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. ap] Stes prety atendet XS BUG! To Likn on good Furs, 34 8 por osu in FYE QUEEN'S ROTEL, OhE se leaving thwir orders at the|' LYMAN ENGLISH, HouANN & i Passo Jumetier Ofer, Sot er etelee Ba Every accommodation for the traveling Charges Moderate. * : November 21, 1866. aj public, : 2 WM. ii WESTERN (FTE HOTEL, SAINTFIELD. The undersigned having throughly remo- vated and repaired the above conveniently located Hotel, would now inform the traveling public that the utmost attention will be given. to the comfort and convenience of all guesy- oice supplies for the table and the bs . Good Stabling and a careful hostler.- JOS. BROWN, Ppsdtietor. Saiatfield, March 26,1879. ~~ / { XL appointed = Marriage License . lie crsteon years-duty) continues to Licenses as hieretoforeat Port Perry. ay Matriage Licenses: Under the Ne Act. "Office, lot 10, : tion paid to the convenience and comfort of RY CHARLES having been re- po THE LOST DIAMOND. ' Ves, Tam "pretty comfortable, and have never yet regretted getting married, young as I was when I did 80," said James Davidson to his friend Charles Bronson, as he glanc ed around his comfortable, well- furnished parlor, whose walls and general appearance bore tokens of woman's refined taste and care. 'But Tonce thought my chance of 'getting married at all very slim.' "How so?' 'Well, I'll tell you. Just help yourself to a little more claret, fill yourself a pipe while I make a fresh cigarette and listen.' These preliminaries having been accomplished, Jim, a good sdooking intelligent man of abodit twenty-six years of age, began : *It was in 18, I had only been about a yoar out of my apprentice. |8hip but I was already a good work man. Iliked my trade. There is something artistic about jewelry that raises it above mere labor, and my employers, Everett & Johnston, of Massau street, showed their ap- preciation of me by confiding "some very fine work to me and paid me very high wages, 1 made plenty of money, and felt no envy of the swells who wore the pretty things I made. Well, I was very comfortable as a bachelor, and the idea came into my head that I might be better off if I was married. You see I had known Lizzie for over Noxt morning I called round at my father's before he went to work and told him all about it. He was awfully burt, of course, said be would no more suspect me of steal- ing it than he would of my being a murderer, and he was sure that Everett & Johnston thought the same as he; but we didn't know what others might think, and it would never do to let suspicion rest on the name of Davidson. At all costs the value of the stone must be paid. That was very good: I had about four hundred dollars, with which I had intended furnishing the cottage, but that wasn't half enough Well, advised my tather, who said that if T coiild save four bundred I could easily save the balance. T drew out the money with very diff- erent feelings from what 1 bad an- ticipated while paying it in, and went with the old man to Everett & Johnson's and had a private inter- view with them. I offered them the money I had saved, and said 1 would pay the rest" by degrees out of my earnings. The firm were very kind. They said they always had a high opinion ot. me and my present action con- firmod it. It was asad accident, but I alone was accountable for it; they would have to roplace the diamond right away, they could not afford such a loss, so they accepted my offer and I retained my posi- tion. a year, and had, as wo say, been keeping company with her, besides | being looked on very favorably by her parents. I had but little trouble in getting her to share my views, thatas thers were plenty of partingsin this world we had better part as seldom as pos- sible; and to that end get married. You bet that the engagement ring I made for hér was a masterpiece. In fact she scolded me for my extra 1gance, and hinted that the money would be better laid out in furniture. I had saved up a nice littlo sum for that purpose, and had my oye on a snug little cottage which I hoped to | rent to commence housekeeping in. Well, we had almost fixed the day, which was not to be moro than two months hence, and Lizzie and I were now much interested in adver- tisements of [urnitare houses, and never passed a store of that kind without looking critically and in a business like way at carpets, bed- steads and such things. Lizzie wonld blush and pinch my arm whenever I'd price a cradle as I often did to tease her. Well, as I said, we had just made up our minds to get spliced in October next, when a thing hap- pened to me which I then thought the greatest misfortutie in the world but which has since turned out a great blessing. Lowe to it this cozy little cottage, and I think also those habits of economy. which have enabled mo to lay something aside for a rainy day. it was one day in August, the men had gone to dinner and I was just going myself, but had stayed behind a minute or two to finish setting » handsome diarhond 1'd got to fix in a locket for an up town joweler, and which was wanted in a harry. My bench stood opposite a window which, of course, was open 10 catch what little breeze there was, but the bench wasn't close to the window--it, was, in fact, two or three feet away. . : You know & 'diamond is pretty hard and will bear a good blow with the hammer; so, to fix it firmly, I gave it a pref(y smart rap Lo burv it well in the setting, when whiz!" it was gopé. I taticied I heard it drop on the floor, but must have been mistaken, a8 a thorough search for it tharo failed to find it. It couldn't 'have flown through the 'window, it looked too far; but it must bave. gone somewhero and it 'Was' hot on {the floor, I was sure of that. . Icall, ed Mr. Byerett, who happenad to be in the front office, and hastily ex- plained matters. I ran down stairs into the street. I had little hope of finding it if any one had chanced to goo it sparkle. However, I got & couple of bootblacks, described "the stone to thom as a bright: piece of glass, and gave them' each a balf a '| dollar to look for it.with the promise of a dollar it they found it." There was po dinner hour for me that day. We hunted all over the'shop, moved #ll thé firnitdre, but'in vain. 3 " I went, home that evening feeling sleep. 1 saw myself ruined, the dollars and how was I to pay it? I | never thought the firr would prose. ofite Mme, but & stain would rest. on 18t con. Brogk, ©: ~ {be gone for marriage: it 'Brockj Aug: 5,1874. 1010 8 coudN'E be thonght of. g 3 | protty bad and but little inclined for diamond was worth over a thousand | my Shasister, my occupation would My reputation was safe, but I had yet to see apd explain matters to Lizzie and her folks and put of our wedding, and 1 got over that better than I expected. The poor girl was awfully vexed at first, but both she and her parents declared that they did not see the necessity of delay. 'Sco bere,' said tho old lady, you will spend a good deal more money single nor married, and you've got a big debt on your shoulders, so if you like to bogin in a small way get married quick. Idon't want my Lizzie to lose agood husband, so if you are willing I'll let you have my spare bed room, rent free, for a year. You can use oui parlorand kitchen and pay balf the house-keeping expense. My old man and you 'gots on first rate, so what do yousay? I was willing, and my father whom I felt bound to consult, agreed that I had better risk it, so we got married in a weok and were happy from the start. Tho old folks gave Lizzie a nice outfit of clothes, and she made mine last twice as long as before, I gave up billiards, lager and cigars, nover took a car when I could walk, capital table on what seemed next to nothing. | Before the year was out I paid | ing to save up for a little place o our own when Jeannie was born, and my wife didn't pinch me when I brougt home a cradle. It was about fifteen months after tho loss of the diamond . that the: house facing ours, where, the shop is, was being torn down to make room for a larger structure, and we grumbled at having to keep our front windows closed because. of the dust. I wassitting at my old bench listening to some instructions from Mr. Everett, who, by the by, had sent a nice present to my little one when be heard of het arrival, when our attontion was attracted by a crash louder than usual over the way. We looked and saw that it was caused by a window frame giv- ing way easier than was expected but beyond a cloud of dust no evil consequences ensued. Wo Were turning away when: Mr. Everett caught me by the arm and. said ex- citedly, ¢ By Jove, Jim, keep your 'eye on that middle window!" and ran.out'of the- shop. I wondered whut tie meant and watched him cross the street and énter the house that was being pulled down, 'push aside a laborer who 'wanted to stop him, and climb up what was left of the {air case. I saw him' appear at the window from: which the sash bh&d just fallen, his clothes all white with dust and 'mortar, and, bending over, pick up something, I couldn't distinguish what, that must have lain between the bricks and..the window-sill. Sahin . He 'wavad his hand to me,and. loft the house, pursued by the vogifiras. tions*df tha laborers, who objected to his intrusion and his rinding into danger, I ran out and 'met him 'on 'od, 'catight me by the, band, pressed something nfo it. and 'exclaimed, Found, by Jerdsalem!' It was the long-lost dismond. 1 * Springing from beneath my am- BL deg km 'the a dow; across tho stroet; and had, by an almost in a cranny beneath the window sill of the house opposite, where we never thought of looking for it. . It twas fortunate Mr. Everett happened to look across the street when he did, and that his eye caught the glitter of tho stone, else it would bave been lost for good, and probably have been dumped in some hole with a lot of rubbish. to me now, and the firm immediate- ly offered to bay it. got a check for $1154. Diamonds bad risen. check to stand treat, for Everett & Jobuston tery so pleased with my good luck that they paid for as much lager as wo could drink in an bour before we left the shop. I stood the boys a regulator, though. busy all the evening considering the style in which she'd have a new silk dress made. es, trains, and polonaises. too, was to be gorgeously rigged out. thought the best investment I could make was to buy it. I did so, fur-- nished it simply and am happy. We have never given up our economical habits. I hite waste and extraya- gance yet neither Lizzie nor I deny ourselves any solid comforts. have plenty of it, and for it have to thank the lost diamond.' mountains, and miles from any habitation, lies a small loch or tarn, around which tra. dition Lath cat a legend of the olden time. Situated amid the Grampions, the scenery is wild and rugged ; such a scene amidst which the wanderer may puuse, and fuel that the Land of man has never disturbed Nature in her solitude. : state of Scotland rendered life and property insecure, a large amount of treasure was supposed to have been thrown into the loch, there to cscape detection, and to wait the return of peaceful tirnes jto enable it to be diecovered. biding place in the night by those who | possessed it,and the secret had been solemn- ly sworn to on the naked blade of a dirk-- an old form of Highland oath held to be binding and sacred. Time passed, and quite times of necessity induced those who held the secret to attempt to recover the treasure. In those primitive days appliancvs were; limited, and the first attempt failed, from inability to reach the boftom. Months were spent in the manufacture of ropes from hides in hopes that the dark'water would yet give up the coveted treasure it held within its inky depths. lone hours of night, the holders of the?secret assembled on the shores of this Highland tarn, and vainly tried to reach the bottom. Fathom after fathom went down but to no while the old lady and Lizzie kept a avail. Agaii and again, : with increased lengths of rope, did these midnight seekers | after gold prosecute their task, but to end in disappointnient. | save ror C inn- | Everett & Johnson, and was beginn- |, c ioimable, were made, since dispirited they agreed to abandon the hopeless toil to fathom Lochan Kin Dhoan, or the bottomless loch, as they then styled it ; nor was it ever agtin attempt 'ed by those who first essayed it. Subsequent however, to their last failure, an incident occurred that, in that age of superstition, cast around the loch the wierd belief that it was haunted; the rude pomp of feudal pride. had died, and left:an only daughter, who, now grown up to womanhood, presided over the household, Her father's temper was haughty and imperious, and he ruled every one around him with stern sway. the custom in those days, he had long been at enmity with a neighboring chief; but love laughs at Highland pride as well as at lock~ smiths, came enamored with the maiden. "But how was the fatal gulf of feudal strife to be bridged? Time went on. Stolen, inter- jews, when by accident thoy met; or when her father was absent, vere all the young hearts could glean from the stern hate ot both the parents; till unable to bear the long, weary weeks that occasionally prevent- ed their meetiiig, the youog chieftain deters mined to beard the lion in bis den, and de~ mand the hand of his daughter. Accompani- cd by an escort, he arrived before the draw- bridge, and demanded an interview with the chief. * The interview over, the young chieftain with a heavy heart re-crossed the drawbridge, and doffed his" bonnet to a fair fortn on the battlements, The chief had used harsh words and harsh find out the way ;' dnd at the next meeting of the lovers they had arranged to elope.-- the stairs; anid he, very much excit- | incredible chante; lodged Of course the diamond belonged I agreed, and I didn't bave to cash the Lizzie was wild With joy, and was 1 got vired of princess Jeannie, This house was for sale, so I We THE MOUNTAIN TARN. In a lonely glen, surrounded by lofty Years and years ago, when the turbulent It had been thrown into its By different routes, in' the The loch yielded nothing now the almost certain fact, that it was Years rolled away,and no further attempts In the 'baronial keep lived a chief in all His lady As was His deighbor had a son, who be~ It was some time befcre they again titet, measures to his daughter; but ¢ Love will The strong power of woman's love nerved her for the, deed ; .the cold heartless home she was about to leave seemed to palliate the act. 'The temporary absence of the old chief afforded 'opportdoity. On a dark | November evening. about two hours after sunset, & horse bearing his chieftain the darkness was all that row rer to the youthful lovers, The night hitherto been dark. and still. The was now sweeping over the dark moor burrying the black clouds across the with increasing violence, The felt the fair hand that held his girdle { as the sound of the horses' hoofs were } but no scream, no sign of fear, All had. yet gotie Well when & gleam of moonlight li up the scene and revealed a party of horsos men scarcely thirty yards distant, Was no time for deliberation; 'the you chieftain dashed his spurs to his Loree, with a bound the noble animal was crossing the now moonlit moor, at full speed, hotly pursued by the chief and his party. 'Capturd but don't fire,' was the brief command, suers ; but the double burden began to tell on the youug chieftain's horse, and the dis= tance between ii was gaining on the! pale moon still shone on 'the scene, Std- denly, as if the-earth -had opened at theie - fect, over the precipice that overhangs the Lochan Kin Dhoan, leaped the horse and his riders, An exclamation of horror,a wild * yell ofagony from the chicfas he beheld the fatal leap, deep waters beneath was all that responded. From that hour it was shunned as a fatal spot. down from father to son, and a party of stout hearts again resolved to brave dangers that surrounded the scene of the hidden gold.-- © A night was fixed. Dut scarce had the task begun, ere an arm and haud holding a nak-d dirk is said to have risen from the watery and an uneatthly voice to have ejaculated 'Forbear,' told long years after un his death-bed by an old and wrinkled man, the last off the of the kind of oral tales which are now happily dying out amongst the superstitous * folks in the North, we offer it to our readers. cause he bores for his grub. duck.' Said she--'Augustus, you are trying done for the money than there used to be. There At first, the lovers outstripped their pur- The chiek, _ ry stride and the A dull heavy splash in the . The story of the treasure bad been handed Such is the story of the Launted loch as band that met that night; and as an example ee -- Why is a woodpecker like a tramp, Bes ----e Said he--"Matilda you are my dearest . to stuff me.' eee et ne A domestic nawed Angelica Jordan bag passed over. her last name and become d portion of ler first nanie. She attetupted to kindle a fire with coal oil. ------------------ A Sunday school boy of Maysville; Ky. wag asked by the superintendent if his father was a Christian. ¢ Yes, sir,' he re< plied 'but bo is not working at it much.' ---------- « A little boy was shown the picture of martyer§ being thrown to the lions: He startled his friends by shouting, 'Ma | Ohy ma! Just look at that poor little lion way behind there. He won't get any.' + ------------------ " An Albany clergyman told his congrega« tion that ¢ notwithstanding the wages of sis have not been cut down one iota' That is all very true, vbt there's a heap more work ------ A young lady in town awoke from a terrible dream one night last week. She had dreatned that a young man with a soft beard svas pressing his face against hers. -- When she awoke and found it: was only & x $ cat. Then wasn't she mad? --_-------- The Atlanta Constitition's idea of levity t A Mr. lsaac V, Green, of Michigan, ran away with bis wife's aunt recently: In other words: He ran away with his spouse's aunt, And neveragain was seen, Thus proying anew what a rare old plant Is the Michigan I. V. Green, ---------- A young wan in San Francisco suddenly snatched a kiss from a lady friend and ex< cused himself by saying that it was a sort of temporary insanity that now and then came upon him. When he arose to take his leave the pitying damsel said to him, If you evet feel any more such fits coming on you had better come right here where your infirmity is known, and we will take care of you.' i -- ee ¢ Do yuu know, dearest,' lie said reflectives ly, as he watched Brindle quietly chewing het cud, ' that a cow's mouth reminds me of a flower?" 'What sort of a flower, love? said she, 'Cows-lip," and his eyes softened ¥ as he gazed down upon her, and looking up reverently at so much original genius she fixed her mouth, like the top of a rubbed tobacco pouch, and he smootlied it out with his tohgue. A few days ago, at the breakfast table, his mother sald she dreamed a man had shot Ler in the drm, and then she woke up.-- Master five-yeur old listened with becoming" gravity until the story was done, and then be said: ¢ It's a pity, mamiua, you didn' keep on sleeping. You'd bave Lung that man before you wokeup: . . ., i © + A little boy aged six; was *pliying af trains' with his 'sister, age: two und & halt years, Haviog: placed her on a footstool, he imagitied hjmsé)Fhoth engine and conductor. ting the puffing noise of steams he stopped and called out 'and ind minute or two 'Glasgow,' Tandon, Bristol." His knowledge of towns was now exhau and at the next place he cried 'Heaven little sister then said eagtt out here,' young and his intended bride was wending its way along the viged motntain